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Interview with Brian, Marty, Linda, Charlie, Mary and Myron

JM: What clothes could you have brought in to wear in the jail (underwear, socks, etc.)?
Brian: T-shirts, underwear the Jail Provide reds. Tenner shoes or shoes you had to buy off commissary.
Marty: For males they are called "reds" females had purple. POD workers had orange and suicide watchers wore white
Linda: white t shirts and thermals
Charlie: sssigned acj reds
Mary: none all your clothes had to be bought through the commessary. Very very very expensive
Myron: Terrible cliche to use but if it's white it's all right, no colors of any kind, street sneakers are allowed just not boots, thermals, t-shirts, boxers, briefs, socks.

JM: If you had a set uniform, what did it look like? Please be specific about each piece of clothing issued to you.
Brian: Each inmate was given two sets of "Reds" they were called with a top shirt and bottom pants that was jail apparel etc.
Marty: Yes. It was red
Linda: yes redish
Charlie: assigned 2 sets of reds, breifs,tee shirts, white socks, tooth brush, hair shampoo, body soap.
Mary: we had red uniforms for everybody. When you worked you wore a different color uniform. I work red and orange cause I was a warden worker
Myron: Supposed to be a two piece red suit shirt and pants from the Bob Barker company in north Carolina if I remember correctly so. Supposed to and they can't afford new ones so they clothed men in the women's Burgundy color as well. Various color coordinatation for workers as well only when at work

JM: Were there any assigned clothes in high demand that an inmate should look for when getting clothing assigned?
Brian: Large pants and large shirts.
Marty: No.
Linda: white t shirts
Charlie: assigned clothing, and bed roll were ample
Mary: they shhould look for te nrw reds they just got
Myron: Anything that would actually fit and not be.near complete destruction was a rare gem.

JM: Was the clothing different between men and women?
Brian: The clothing was different for male inmates. The Males wear Red and I believe that females wear blue from what I remember.
Marty: Yes men had red, women: purple POD workers: orange and suicide watchers: white
Linda: a little
Mary: no we wore same thing
Myron: Yes red for men, Burgundy for women.

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